Travelled from Kentucky to Denver last night and had an opportunity to learn a few things about the Z06 that I didn't know...
1. If you change to Info and Fuel Range on your dash, it will have an icon in the top right that tells you if your Z06 is in V8 or V4 mode. V4 mode only clicks in on the down hill and there is no appreciable fuel savings long distance whatsoever.
2. Crossing time zones makes your Nav and time go a bit wonky. I observed that, in changing from Eastern to Central to Mountain, the time left to destination actually increased by an hour...rather than decreasing. The clock was a bit late to change zones as well. This all fixed itself when we filled and the car was restarted.
3. Mileage... My average mileage for this entire trip so far (1243 miles) is 21.8mpg and this includes my aggressive driving through the Shanandoahs, BRP, Tail and the Smokies, along with the fact that much of my trip is 10mph over the limit...so 85 mph on average. V4 mode does not click in above 80mph.
My mileage at 80mph averages out to 21.7mpg, 75 mph it jumps to 25mpg and if I hold it at 60 mph this thing will level off at an incredible 27.9mpg. These totals were determined with air on always and over a period of 200 miles each. Wow!!
Last but not least engine and oil temps always around 192 mark except when we were at Bowling Green and the temp hit 100 outside...I saw the engine get up to 201 and oil get up to 209 as we traveled back to Florence.
In Denver this morning getting free oil change...
1. If you change to Info and Fuel Range on your dash, it will have an icon in the top right that tells you if your Z06 is in V8 or V4 mode. V4 mode only clicks in on the down hill and there is no appreciable fuel savings long distance whatsoever.
2. Crossing time zones makes your Nav and time go a bit wonky. I observed that, in changing from Eastern to Central to Mountain, the time left to destination actually increased by an hour...rather than decreasing. The clock was a bit late to change zones as well. This all fixed itself when we filled and the car was restarted.
3. Mileage... My average mileage for this entire trip so far (1243 miles) is 21.8mpg and this includes my aggressive driving through the Shanandoahs, BRP, Tail and the Smokies, along with the fact that much of my trip is 10mph over the limit...so 85 mph on average. V4 mode does not click in above 80mph.
My mileage at 80mph averages out to 21.7mpg, 75 mph it jumps to 25mpg and if I hold it at 60 mph this thing will level off at an incredible 27.9mpg. These totals were determined with air on always and over a period of 200 miles each. Wow!!
Last but not least engine and oil temps always around 192 mark except when we were at Bowling Green and the temp hit 100 outside...I saw the engine get up to 201 and oil get up to 209 as we traveled back to Florence.
In Denver this morning getting free oil change...
